Truck.



o. A. WILLIAMS.

TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20.1010,

Patented Sept. 17, 1912.

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O. A. WILLIAMS.

TRUCK.

APPLIGATIQN FILED JULY 20, 1910. 1,038,809, Patented Sept 17, 1912.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed July 20, 1910. Serial No. 572,887;

Patented Sept. 17, 1912.

Be it known that I, Omnnncn Wu.

LIAMS, .a citizen of the United States, re at.- Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certainnew siding and. useful Improvements in Trucks, 'of which the f'ollowin is a specification.

My invention re ates to improvements in trucks and more particularlyto that class of trucks in which appliances are provided .for.,elevating and depositing heavy objects thereon and for unloading the same, the object of the invention being the provision of a truck of this character bymeans of which safes, heavy pieces of furniture, and building material ma be handled and transported with case an expedition.

A further object of' m invention is to provide a truck which sha be simple of design, economical to manufacture, and eflicient in operation.v

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

With these objects in view my invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts as. will be hereinafter fully described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

My invention will be more readilyunderstood by reference to the accompanying drawings formin a part of this specification, and'in whic Figure 1is a'longitudinal section of'my improved truck in its preferred form, Fig. 2 is a top plan view showing the truck with the driver s seat thereof an a portablebox removed therefrom, Fi 3 is a detail longitudinal section, and Fig. .4 is a detail view taken on line of Fi 2.

-The preferred-form o my. invention as illustrated in the. accompanying drawings comprises a main frame or body 1 mounted upon .front and-rear axles2- and 3 respec-' tivel the rear end of said bodybeing secur tothe rear axle by meansof U-shaped clips 4 and the front end thereof-being pivoted to the front axle by means of a king-pin 5. At the front end ofthe body 1 ver-- tical standards 6- are provided which sup-. port the drivers seat 7 and a foot board 8.

ivoted to the rear axle by means of conplin 9 is a U-shaped tubular frame 10 whic is ada ted to oscillate longitudinally over said ax e, as indicated b dotted lines. In order to control the o'sci ation of the, frame 10 a tubular longitudinally extendmember 11 is provided and a threaded 12 which is adapted to screw into said member, said rod being'rotatable and connected to the standardsfi of the frame 1.'

The rear end of theftubular member 11' is provided with a hook 13 engaging ann eye l i w hich is centrally positioned on the framfiflld The rod 12 is journaled'in' a mem- .-15 and held'against longitudinal movement therein by means of collars 16, said member being an enlargement of a transversely extending shaft 17 which is journaled in the standards 6. Mounted 'on .the front end of the rod 12 is a spur pinion 1 8, and meshing therewith is a driving ear 19 which is secured to the shaft ,20. I he shaft 20 is journaled in a frame 21 and carries a crank 22 by means of which the device is manually operated. The frame 21 is mounted upon the rod 12. and is retained thereon by means of a flange 23 provided at the end of said rod. In order to prevent the frame 21- from r'evolvin a pin 24 is provided whic projects 'forwardly from the transversely extending on the rod 12 beam 25 which connects the standards 6, the

Irear end of said frame being bifurcated, as indicated by dotted lines 26, thus providing a loose connection with said pin.

The elevating apparatus comprises a hook 27 attached to a cord 28 which .passesover a pulley 29, the latter'being mount in a hanger 30 depending from the frame 10. The cord 28 constitutes a part of the windlass 31 which is provided with a ratchet wheel 31' at one end thereof. The Windlass shaft 32 is transversely mounted on the standards 6 and is prevented from rotation in one direction by means of the'pawl 33 which automatically engages the ratchet wheel 31', said pawl being "provided with a a projection 33' at its lower extremi by means of which it may be manually disengaged from said ratchet wheelfor releasing the same; The Windlass is manually operated by means of cranks 34 which are secured at either end of a trans'verselyextend ing driving shaft 35 which carriesa driving pinion 36. The driving pinion 36 meshes with and s ada ted to drive the gear 37 mounted thereun or at one end of the windlass reel. The tubularmember 11 is'provided with. a threaded nut 38 at its forward end into which the rod 12is adapted to screw, an enlargement 39 being provided at the rear end of said rod which serves as a guide therefor.

The operation of the truck is as follows: When the portable box 40 is used and it is desired to dump material contained therein, the hook 27 is engaged with an eyelet 41 provided on said box. By operating the cranks 34 the box 40 is readily moved to the dotted line position when the contents thereof will be dumped therefrom. When it is desired to load an object onto the truck the crank 22 is rotated in such a direction as to cause the frame 10 to-assume the dotted line position, when the hook 27 is lowered by means of the Windlass and attached to the object to be elevated. When the object is raisedby means of the Windlass the crank 22 is rotated so that the frame 10 will assume its former position which causes the object to be carried vertically over the body. The object is then deposited on the body by releasing the pawl 33.

means of a truck of the construction B set orth heavy objects may be handled and.

myself of such changes and alterations as fairly clalm.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire 'to secure by Letters Patent is: Y 1

A truck of the class described, comprising front and :rear wheeled axles,

l Wi h fi m r of heapn e *a body mounted thereon, a U-s'haped framepivoted to the rear axleand adapted to' oscillate longitudinally tliereover, a pulley depending from said .frame, a longitudinal tubular member pivotallyrear end with said U-shapedframe, a tubular nut in the forward end of said member, a threaded rod screwed into said tubular member, a guide on the inner end of said rod, a transversely extending shaft jour-' naled in the front of the truckin whic said rod is pivotally mounted but held against longitudinal movement, spur and driving gears for said rod at its outer front end, a frame carrying said spur and driving gears, a pinon said truck loosely engaging a slot in said frame for preventing rotary motion thereof, and a Windlass mounted on :said body in operative eonnection with said 7 pulley.

In testimony-whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of 7 two subscribing witnesses.

CLARENCE A. WILLIAMS;

Witnesses:

JAmrr'E. HOGAN, JosnUA' R. H. Porrs.

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